LSAT 104 | Section 3 | Reading Comprehension: Q25

RC Question 25 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Lines 52-54 say that Bettelheim’s argument assumes that children will interpret fairy tales benignly.

So his conclusion depends on children interpreting stories benignly. What happens when children read a story, according to Bettelheim? They solve their own problems (lines 48-52).

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1. CORRECT. Bettelheim says children use fairy tales to solve their problems (lines 48-52).
    
   Lines 52-54 say that Bettelheim assumes children will read a fairy tale to have a benign meaning.
    
   So if a child reads a fairy tale to have a benign meaning, they will use it to solve their own problems.
2. Bettelheim never mentioned the uncanny. Only Freud did.
3. Underlying meaning is never mentioned in the passage. But for children to use the fairy tales to solve their problems, presumably they must find some meaning in them.
4. Bettelheim never mentions whether children understand that fairy tales aren’t real.
5. Parental approval is mentioned on lines 44-45. We’re never told if this reassures the child, and it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with interpreting a story benignly.